Nicole Barron

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A Milwaukee police officer used a tourniquet to help save a man’s life after he had been shot in the leg.

Officer Lisa Bradley learned how to use a tourniquet at a tactical EMS program that she attended.

The 51-year-old victim had been shot in the thigh on August 1. Neighbors had used a belt around the wound in an attempt to stop the bleeding but it wasn’t enough. When Officer Bradley arrived she used a tourniquet higher up on the man’s leg to stop the bleeding until paramedics could arrive.